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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST(s) OF SECTION OFFICERS

OFFICERS (B-17) IN THE S&GAD, GOVT: OF BALOCHISTAN

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Marks: 100 March 28,2012 Time: 3 Hours

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Q.NO.6. Name authors of any TEN of the Following Books: (10 Marks)

1. Emma
2. The Prince.
3. Das Capital.
4. Ben hur
5. Brother Karamazov
6. The Confessions
7. David Copperfield
8. Doctor's Dilemma
9. Faerie Queen
10. Anchal
11. Dast-e-Saba
12. Khak-o-Khun
13. Sirat-un-Nabi.
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1. Emma
Jane Austen

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2. The Prince.
Niccolo Machiavelli

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3. Das Capital.
Karl Marx

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4. Ben hur
Lew Wallace

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5. Brother Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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6. The Confessions
John Grisham

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7. David Copperfield
Charles Dickens

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8. Doctor's Dilemma
Louis Lasagna

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9. Faerie Queen
Edmund Spenser

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10. Anchal
??

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11. Dast-e-Saba
Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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12. Khak-o-Khun
Muhammad Naseem Hijazi

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13. Sirat-un-Nabi.
Molana Shibli Nomani and Syed Sulaman Nidvi
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Q.NO.7. Mention the capitals and currencies of the following countries: (10 Marks)

1. Rwanda
2. Somalia
3. South Africa
4. Uganda
5. Qatar
6. Finland
7. Yugoslavia
8. Hungary
9. Haiti
10. Colombia
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1. Rwanda
Capital:-Kigali

Currency:- Rwandan franc (RWF)

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2. Somalia
Capital:-Mogadishu

Currency:-Somali shilling (SOS)

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3. South Africa
Capital:-Cape Town

Currency:-Rand

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4. Uganda
Capital:- Kampala

Currency:- Ugandan shilling

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5. Qatar
Capital:-Doha
Currency:- Riyal

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6. Finland
Capital:- Helsinki

Currency:- Euro

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7. Yugoslavia
The capital of Yugoslavia was Belgrade. Yugoslavia no longer exists as acountry

Currency:-Dinar

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8. Hungary
Capital:-Budapest

Currency:- Forint

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9. Haiti
Capital:-Port-au-Prince

Currency:- Gourde
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Q-5. Identify any ten of the following. (15)

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a. Sir Robert Francis Moody

1st Governor of Punjab,(15 Aug 1947- 2Aug 1949)

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b. Sir Ambrose Dandas Flux

2nd Governor of the NWFP (9 April 1948 - 16 July 1949)

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c. General Sir Frank Messerry

1st Commander of Pakistan Army (15 August 1947-10 Feb 1948)

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d. Allan Octavian Hume

Founder of the Indian National Congress

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e. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas

Youngest Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force received Nishan-e-Haider

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Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Urdu and English language Poet and was editor and publisher of magazine Funoon.

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g. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003

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h. Mikhail Gorbachev
Last head of state of the Soviet Union, (1988 -1991)

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i. Ban Ki Moon
Current Secretary-General of the United Nations

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j. Rabindranath Tagore
first non-European Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1913 ,Bengali polymath who
reshaped his region's literature and music.

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k. Abdul Sattar Edhi

Founder and head of Edhi Foundation

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l. Ardeshir Cowas Jee

Columnist of Dawn newspaper

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m. Sir Chandra Sekhara Raman

Indian Nobel Prize winner physicist (1930) for the discovery that when light traverses a
transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength.

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n. Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ali Al-Madni

President and Founder of the Islamic Development Bank

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o. Al-Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah

Muslim scholar and the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia

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Q-6. What do these abbreviations stand for (any ten): (10)

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a. WUKO
World Union Of Karate-Do-Organization

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d. WADA
World Anti Doping Agency
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c. FIFA
Federation Internationale De Football Association

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d. ABC
Audit Bureau Of Circulation, Asia Badminton Confederation ,American Broadcasting
Company

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e. JCSC
Joint Chief Of Staff Committee

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f. IRBM
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

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g. FOFA
Follow-On Forces Attack/ Find One Find All
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h. ZETA
Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly

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i. XGS
Xerox Global Services /Exports of Goods and Services (not sure)

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j. WWW
World Wide Web

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k. WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization

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 l. UPI
United Press International

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m. UNITAR
United Nations Institute For Training And Research

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n. TCP
Trading Cooperation Of Pakistan/Transmission Control Protocol

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o. SONAR
Sound Navigation And Ranging
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 General Knowwledge Paper for the post of DFO

BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Samungli Road, Quetta Cantt.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER (B-17) IN

THE BALOCHISTAN FOREST AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Time 03 Hours June 22, 2012 Marks:100

Q.No.1. Write brief notes on Two of the following topics:

(i) Energy Crisis
(ii) Plight of Pakistan Railways
(iii) Rain forests
(iv) Environmental Pollution
Q.No.2. Define any Five of the following:
(i) Monarchy
(ii) Theocracy
(iii) Casting vote
(iv) Embargo
(v) Inflation
(vi) Frogman
(vii) Quizling
(viii) Patent
Q.No.3. Choose the correct answer. (Attempt any Ten)
1) Which of the following countries is not a member of U.N?
(a) Turkey
(b) Austria
(c) Sweden
(d) Taiwan
2) The headquarters of International Court of Justice are at:
(a) London
(b) Geneva
(c) The Hague
(d) New york
3) Pakistan joined the U.N in the year:
(a) 1958
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
4) The name United Nations was suggested by:
(a) Churchill
(b) Roosevelt
(c) Nehru
(d) Abraham Lincoln
5) The permanent secretariat of SAARC is at:
(a) Islamabad
(b) Colombo
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Delhi
6) Which country is not the member of ASEAN:
(a) Cambodia
(b) Brunei
(c) Thailand
(d) Vietnam
7) The second Prime Minister of Pakistan was:
(a) M. Ali Bogra
(b) Liaqat Ali Khan
(c) Kh. Nizamuddin
(d) Ch. Mohammad Ali
8) The member of Security Council members is:
(a) 15
(b) 05
(c) 11
(d) 19
9) The Russian revolution took place in:
(a) 1913
(b) 1915
(c) 1917
(d) 1919
10) Davis cup is a challenge trophy of:
(a) Table tennis
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Squash
11) Which country suffered the most in World War II:
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) England
12) Democracy was first introduced in:
(a) Egypt
(b) China
(c) Rome
(d) Greece
Q.No.4. What do the following abbreviations stand for: (Attempt any ten)
1) F.B.S
2) C.M.A
3) P.O.A
4) U.S.C
5) E.N.T
6) R.T.A
7) N.L.C
8) N.U.J
9) O.I.C
10) Ph.D
11) R.C.D
12) U.F.O
Q.No.5. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate answers: (Attempt any ten)
1) Angora is the old name of…………….
2) Pampas are the vast grassy plains of…………………
3) The metal most abundantly found on the surface of earth is………………..
4) Cathay is the old name of………………………
5) The largest rice producing country in the world is……………………….
6) The World’s largest mountain range is………………….
7) Savanna grasslands with tall trees are mainly found in………………..
8) Mount Everest is located in…………………….
9) The brightest planet in our solar system is……………………
10) The type of forests which account for most of the total forest area in the world is
known as……….......
11) Penicillin was discovered by………………
12) “KIWIS” is the nick name used for the people of……………….

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